Press Release
May 5, 2003
Outercurve Announces Full Support for BlackBerry Mobile Data Service
Iselin, NJ and New Orleans, LA - WIRELESS ENTERPRISE SYMPOSIUM 2003 - Outercurve Technologies, a leading provider of wireless applications and services, today announced its Enterprise Solution Suite, a business application framework that seamlessly integrates and supports the Mobile Data Service feature of BlackBerry Enterprise Server™ from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM).
The Enterprise Solutions Suite is based on Outercurve's Octide™ architecture, which enables the company to rapidly develop wireless enterprise applications on a variety of Java-enabled handheld devices. By fully supporting BlackBerry Mobile Data Service, Outercurve can now extend its mobile Solutions Suite with applications designed for business intelligence, equity trading and document access and delivery to Java-based BlackBerry® handhelds.
"We are very pleased to announce our support for BlackBerry Mobile Data Service," said Derek G. Roga, CEO of Outercurve Technologies. "With this, Outercurve can now support BlackBerry handhelds from any carrier." Added Roga, "Leveraging the BlackBerry Mobile Data Service environment enables our customers to deploy their applications globally to all BlackBerry handhelds without cradling, resulting in an increase in device utilization and greater return on investment."
About Outercurve Technologies
Outercurve Technologies is a leading provider of wireless applications and services allowing real-time communications and transactions for any mobile device on any network. Outercurve is also a leading value-added reseller of the BlackBerry® wireless platform from Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM - News) to large enterprise customers. Through partnerships with major wireless carriers, Outercurve is a single-source provider of the BlackBerry platform. For more information, visit www.outercurve.com.
